transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈmō-ə ]
geographical name
1. or formerly Navigators Islands islands SW central Pacific N of Tonga Islands; divided at long. 171°W into American, or Eastern, Samoa & independent Samoa area 1209 square miles (3143 square kilometers ) — see American Samoa
2. or formerly Western Samoa islands SW central Pacific W of American Samoa; formerly administered by New Zealand; an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1962 capital Apia (on Upolu Island) area 1100 square miles (2850 square kilometers ), population 156,349